Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Winter Recess Assignments

These are the assignments to be submitted online at turnitin.com web site by 8:30 A.M. on Monday, January 12.  For questions or concerns, contact the instructor.

Novel:
Catcher in the Rye  Salinger
Read Chapters One-Five; record one dialectical journal per chapter using the dialectical journal format provided in class; upload those entries onto the turnitin.com web site

Play:
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar  Shakespeare
Read Acts I, II and III of the play; record responses for pages 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31 and 32 that were provided in class; upload those responses onto the turnitin.com web site

Outlining:
Bardweb.net (outline the following topics in this order)

Shakespeare’s Biography
Shakespeare’s Works
The Globe Theatre
Elizabethan England

Shakespeare in American Communities (outline the following topics in this order)

Link: Educational Resources
The Life of William Shakespeare
The Elizabethan Age
Elizabethan Theater
Shakespeare in America

College Board:
Set up a free College Board account at collegeboard.com to access resources such as the SAT and AP examination for administration dates and resources available online

AGENDA BIN-ASSIGNMENTS TO COME IN SECOND SEMESTER

Dorothy Parker's "The Standard of Living"
Access the short story at http://www.unz.org/Pub/BurnettWhit-1942-00206?View=PDF

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's First Inaugural Address
Access the speech in Pre-AP Readings and Exercises 
or the audio at http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/fdrfirstinaugural.html

Multiple Choice Practice for the CAHSEE
Access the Instructional Components of District Assessments